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Show A BIT OF NONSENSE . j '1 Dy JOAf) M. GF1AY. ':Wk i. lll. y Mci'iuio nifippr 3yniirt!U.;' "iH2 "AtAV, wl.ero utv ei.rih did Nlm get '"Hul In' IiIcmV" ltluk Spniildlm; asked Nlin's fy liroiiiciv un tluy stood staring down 'M upon Nun's liohhud lici'd, turevd inlrri i mgly upward (nuiiul the words which iff a long-haired, hutky Individual was I fa pjssioiiatt'ly tiourlng forth. "We threti ijl Jm suiit on on a trnuip as usual and -she v m nnuouiicts Hint a ninn with Hie most "m M w underfill ideas in the world Is com- jl 'J iiu along and then she prances off H M wu the hill with hint nnd, leaves us .M re wiCiotit nny Idea lit nil." M I -oli. Mill's Nlm," Nlm's brother-snld, MM unrutlleil, "and you are you. You let nil her walk till over you and only sputlcr flfl when she steps olf nnd tries her fout- St m lug on someone else If you'd only I 11 'M shake liei once in u vhlle " j ! 9 "Oh, for heaven's snkut Von know I 'B JM how It Is with i.ie, George. I'd rather 'Jt B lmc Nlm walk all over me tlinn " j jt jB "I know, all right," 'snorted uleorgt, n "and Nlm knows. Listen to that," ns I U Nlm's ail.ralile laugh lloated up Hie j r 1 jm hill to tin in. "That girl needs n (lain if S good lesson." I jj B "This U the third lluiu shu's lusgett i fi JH that bird kIoiir when I asked her to H come out here with me " IjH "And his hands aren't overly clean, "1 bet he's only get thai one collar ; HI to his name, Mid It's celluloid at that." H "lllnk, If you only had sense enough , to do Itl Listen, Get Mudnnio NoiT . ' . ;Q sense on the Hue nnd play hur pgalnst ;H the Idea. Show Nlm Hint you have nn ; ijH outside inleresl' and seo wiuil Imp- pens. Will you?" - ' JBH Nlm's laugh floated up to them nt ( 'l Hint moment, und lllnk swore that lm '. iUh Nlm. ready now to Ihtigh with lllnk over the Great Idea, found lllnk In n flkaH sort of trance with Mndnmo Nonscnsi?. aH And ho left with Madame, still' In tli IHH sin tie truuee. Hut he came ipilckly out fiH of It when he lintl left her at her door, 1U and with a muttered "whew" of relief, flaK returned to Nlm's tea table, Once Ihcrc 'flU he manfully nived over Mndame'a HHB charm until Nlm disdainfully left h in aHl for the upper regions. i SHI Thcrcafler Hluk talked Nonsense, 'tSflfl thought Nonsense, nnd desired Nan- sense only apparently. Long after HIP the Dig Idea had said gnod-hy forerer BisV to Nlm and hurt promised to still lovu , ' her when they met again In (ho Or.'nt , HH Ueyond, did lllnk continue to worslilp IHv Nonsense. HK "Itut what docs he seo In tluit fronsy HIb old thing?" rnged Kim to George.. "She hRm Is forty If she's n day." ' H ")li, well, we men Vlk'i someone jVyWh ; I K experience snmeoie who Is ready to . flRRsv plense us and think' of our comfort be- HIK foro anytlilng else, Madamc.urcly ' Wmv-W thinks of Mink's hiipiilnoHS,nll. iijJif,. ' HSK. which Is imiro than ou do.y ; 4 ' W "Well. Is he thinking of tnlnq? I' 'wmW mean" Nlm could-have lilllen her ' IH$ toiiguu with vexation. "Hcnvcns.shc. ' wlt shrugued, recovering. "I don't euro iB. whnt he does. Come on. George. Dud's- SHw waiting out there fur us." 't ,H Madame was describing the vision of IHi? a depuiied Itetl Man, when Nlm, huv-' "Vi lug left George and her dnd behlm); ' Wmfm came swiftly Into view. Itlnk, oiiibur- . MVK rnssed, changed from 0110 foot to tlm mfltdl other, dislodging Mndiime, who wan 19 HF rather leaning 011 him, and Miidnnic, '! slipping slightly, sat down with rt 'SIS' thump on tho edge of the hill. Ijlw As Madame went down her wrath ! came up, und when Madame rose, her 'HE wratli went still higher. Willi her gold WMw eu hnlr hanging a little lo one side, slur IH'Il used words which her association with nBfe things spiritual hud not taught her to !' use. Then, fccllifg lonesome with nil !& of them lost upon lllnk Spiiulillug. she ' iJaHltF stnlked down tho path, passed un oi'U' IH& mouthed Nlm, and disappeared Into tho sBE;af "I hope she humps Into a tree," unit- H- tered a miserable, red-faced Will'. MM'J Hut tho worst seemed to bo coming, ! &. for Nlm, with a rush, was heforu him. )'-' "Illiil; Spauldlng, I should think 'X' ' you'd wnut to hide your face! Making .'-, love to a wouinn old enough (o bu rB ' your mother, .and n vulgar, swearing, nVrnM rough, coinmonpluco oh, lllnk, I think ' M you'ro horrid t" Uffi lllnk wasn't ready yet, nnd Wuk luld Hrf ' seen a suspicious tremble In Nlm's Ma , tiilorable mouth. Jn "She Nlm, how could I know. I" jffl " "IllnHham, you don't really cure for jB her? After" IB 1 Nlm was angry. If ho thought ho ,'M could have nlTalrs with nil tho old -per- 'STfiH oxide lions for miles, around, after nsl j '1H lug her three times to marry him, ho fflr' BW was mistaken. She turned und stalked 7 Asaaw uwny from him. iaE "Nlm, you como hack hero nnd klip 'iHRv me," said lllnk, appearing, much braver (IKl than ho felt, and Nlm, so unuauul wuti lljHL. tho command, obeyed, fllHr S Fifteen minutes later'slib ushod sus- Xtl ' i plclnusly: "lllnk, did you ever kiss that tW ' J j "Yo godsl" cried lllnk. lifting his 2W, ' h head, "Nonsense 1 What do you think Jl' ! : I nm? Hut w hat nhout your Illgldca? Si ;; -' "He's cnuy, and you know It. Ulnk JH i ' Spauldlng, you might to know tlmi ; 1 If iinjonu but you should try to kiss jffl'' I 1 Hluk was ready to no stepped on 'WM '1 nguln, hut not to bo walked ovc,r. ' I "No moru His Ideas unless I'm In on JB ,U I "Um-uni. And no Nonsense, either, 9 And as n little NoiKjense nnd n few w Dig Ideas, shared hy two, can occom- $1 , plish nil sorts of wonderful things, no j ' ffl doubt Hluk and his Nlm wero very if ' JH Uuppy forever uftcr. H |